by Mike Garrity | Apr 8, 2010 | Associated Press, AWR, bears, Kootenai National Forest
by Matt Volz, Associated Press HELENA – A U.S. Forest Service plan to spray herbicide from helicopters over the Kootenai National Forest does not adequately protect dozens of grizzly bears and could drive them from their habitat, a federal judge has ruled. U.S....
by Mike Garrity | Apr 7, 2010 | AWR, Yellowstone National Park
by Noelle Straub of Greenwire The National Park Service has finalized a policy that will allow parks to negotiate payments from researchers who use the results of their studies for commercial products or services. Parks will negotiate on a case-by-case basis for...
by Mike Garrity | Apr 7, 2010 | AWR, Kootenai National Forest
contact Michael Garrity, Executive Director, Alliance for the Wild Rockies, (406) 459-5936 Missoula, MT — Ruling on to a lawsuit by the Alliance for the Wild Rockies, a federal judge has halted proposed herbicide spraying from low-flying helicopters over 35,000 acres...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 31, 2010 | AWR, hunting, wolves, Yellowstone National Park
contacts Jenny Harbine, Earthjustice, (406) 586-9699 Suzanne Asha Stone, Defenders of Wildlife, (208) 861-4655 Louisa Willcox, Natural Resources Defense Council, (406) 222-9561 Michael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, (575) 534-0360 States plan to kill even...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2010 | AWR, bears, fish, mining
MISSOULA, Montana, March 29, 2010 (ENS) – Environmental groups today declared victory for bull trout, grizzly bears and the people of northwest Montana, when a federal judge rejected the U.S. Forest Service’s approval of a proposed silver and copper mine...
by Mike Garrity | Mar 29, 2010 | AWR, bears, Cabinet Mountains, fire, mining, wilderness
by Michael Jamison of the Missoulian TROY – A controversial mine that would tunnel beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness was put on hold Monday when a federal judge rejected Forest Service approval of the proposed copper and silver operation. “From our...
